Three held with 47 lakh Indian rupee
Police yesterday seized around 47 lakh Indian rupees, and detained three people from Dhaka’s Kakrail, said Shiblee Noman, additional deputy commissioner (Motijheel zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Tipped off that a consignment of Indian currency was being brought to Dhaka using SA Paribahan courier service, police launched a drive in Kakrail around 4pm and seized the currency.
Police also detained two receivers of the currency -- Hasan and Yakub -- and CNG auto-rickshaw driver Rubel, while they were loading a luggage filled with the currency to the auto-rickshaw, in a bid to go to Jatarbari.
During primary interrogation, Yakub told police that the currency was brought through Osmani airport in Sylhet from Dubai, said Noman.
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